Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-13
The Races Of Yesterday Attract q
Large and Well Pleased
Audience.
How Winner Lost Because of
The Rider Of His Stable
Mate.
A Splendid TrOt Between Senator
and Rolla, Won By the
Latter.
Yesferday's Races.

i Yesterday's Races.
The second day of the races of the West
Side Association was a remarkable and de
served success. The weather was all tina,
could be desired and was warm enough to
put the horses in good shape. There was
an even breeze, but not q speck of dust
and the races were exciting and interesting
The unfortunate foul by the rider of his
stablemate which lost the race for Diavolo
caused some comment, but the justness ol
the decision of the judges was acknowledged
by all. The splendid trot between Senator
and Rolla caused the blood of every lover
of horse flesh to tingle, and while we regret.
ted the defeat of Mr.. DAILY g stable, we knew
that it was an honest one and
that the best horse won. The attendance
was large (about 2.OOO) including many
ladies, and it showed it's appreciation oil
the several events by frequent enthusiastic
applause. Orton's Band discoursed ite
usual sweet music but the magnificent pro-
portions of the handsome drum major
| were missing.
Y.
McMaster and J. B. Gallagher, and they
performed their trying duties with a
promptness and decision that was gratify-
ing. Mr.. H. G. Ward, of Deer Lodge, &C ted
as starter and the dispatch with which he
sent off the two races shows that he was
the right man in the right place and that
the jockeys could not jockey him.
SILVER CITY STAKES.
The first race of the day was the Silver
Cityistakes, three in five, for purse Of $4OO,
with 5000 added if either horse beat forty.
For this there were but three entries:
Marcus DAILY named b. C. Deputy and
Huntley & Black named b. g. Ben Cole.
In the pools Deputy was for some reason
a favorite to the tune of five to one, the
men who took the gelding evidently believing
| in the old story of being struck by lightning.
| True to their word the management rung
up the horses for the first race at 1:45
O'Clock and at 2 O'Clock the horses got a
good, fair start. Deputy was at his best
and trotted like machine while Ben Cole
was as rank as jimson weed and went off
his feet before be had gone 200 yards.
| In trying to get him down to work. his
driver lost "a distance" and could never
!
! Deputy was pulled. There are two reasons
| why this should have been done. First
| not to lower the record of Deputy and
| second to afford the spectators a chance
| to see more racing. Either are legitimate
| reasons and are acknowledged by turi
rules but the lockers on were amply sat.
! isfied that Deputy was by far the best
horse without any further competition.
| Deputy was awarded the heat. Time,
3:O2.
QUARTER MILE DASH.
Between heats the horses for the quarter
| mile dash, that had been postponed from
Tuesday, were called up. Curious as it
may seem there were no knowing ones, and
pools went a-begging. As matter of fact
in the selling pools there was not BIC up
| to the time the horses were on the track
and then the pools sold were so few and SO
even as to be unworthy of notice. The en-
tries for the race were Muldoon, Little
Turf. and Lila Ferguson. Word was sent
the owners of all the horses to be on the
track promptly, but for some reason Mr.
Mooney, the owner of Little Turf. did. not
obev the order, and after giving him ~
minutes grace he was fined $50 a dollar q
minute. When the pools did begin to sell
Lila Ferguson was made the favorlte with
Muldoon a fair second. In the choice ol
positiops Muldoon got the advantage, and
after one or two Intellectual attempts they
got good start. It was q race from tne
Jump but Muldoon never lost either ms
nerve or pace although Lila pushed MN
close and he came to the score winner bJ
| a neck in 23, with Lila at his ma1e.
HEAT TWO OF THE SILVER CITY.
The two trotters for the Silver City ract
were then called up and at once got q gooe
"eo." For the first quarter Deputy led II
fine style, but up the back stretch Cole put
in some heavy licks, and forcinghi antaeo
mist off bis feet, got the advantage by tn
time the half was reached. However
Deputv again settled down and turned into
the stretch with the pole against him al
the only disadvantage. From the uppe
part of the stretch Chere was pretty race
but about the distance post Deputy agal'
lost his balance and passed under the WIZ
on a run as a bad second. Time, Z:4lz.
THIRD HEAT OF THE SILVER CITY.
The two horses got an even start, but De
fore the first turn Cole went up and RAJ
fu,ly one hundred yards before he could b
brought down to his work. When he 60
settled he show ed q pretty burst OF spec
and crowded up on Deputy so perceptiol
, that he lost his gait and repeated the 100
ish performance two or three times betor
: he turned into the stretch, but at no tim
did he lose by the breaks. In the meal
time Cole had been acting very ugly an
the race home was anything but interes'
ing, Deputy coming in an easy winnel e
two lengths uuder,a pull in 2:43A. Ihel
p was in this heat protest from the orl~t
of Cole, but it was disallowed.
WEST SIDE STAKES.
The West Side Stakes was one OF IL
g races in which the most interest was Gel
tered, as it was q mile and q quarter oas
t for three-year-olds, with four entries an
b the only penalty carried was by D'aval'
d and thai was only three pounds. Tue stalk
r were $50 entrance, with $500 added, an
were worth running for. The horses got
n fair start. with Diavalo in the lead, an
thew strung out until about the thre
quarter pole, when all were pushed al
fhev cot into q good bunch, changing po,
t;ons slightly until they turned into u q
q stretch. At this time Diavolo was IN u
,e center of the track and had fair acsan 4
20 ACE. which he held under the whip unIh
~ scored first in the race. 1t happened no
,
es had another entry, Duffy Winters, and q
e, rider of the animal, as he came IN, was
"a anxious for second place that he palpao Q
er fouled Rosa Lewis and crowded her so cio
;n to the fence, she being on the 'nsloe, On On
IN her Jockey had to pull her up, ana tn
a iose what he was entitled to, at least q =
10 10 ond money. A protest was MADE, an1 -
,s ',s Judges very properly decided tha' INA MO no.
ne Lewis was the winner, Gem OF the Moo
's' tain second and the two Rabb entries
qualified. The time was 2:13A, ana fa
n Tn order that all parties may be tn.
ut ouehlv satisfied with the justice OF !,
de- decision in the above case We seate n ~
no one questioned the fact that Du
Winters should have been disqua!'hod
ed cause OF his foul riding. an rule 81 iurt!
his nrovides as follows: "When 8 horse is
pnalifiea under these rules, every horse
md the race belonging wholly or in part to
nu .ua same owner is also disqualified"
. ,ur ia is only justice to Mr.. Babb to say II
,ur ~, tho rider of Duffy was unknown to h
!n, ny snd acted as he did without instructio
% and that although he at first protested